diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 004cf3f67ce5..f9e9f08175be 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ struct btrfs_swapfile_pin {
 bool btrfs_pinned_by_swapfile(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, void *ptr);
 
 enum {
-	BTRFS_FS_BARRIER,
 	BTRFS_FS_CLOSING_START,
 	BTRFS_FS_CLOSING_DONE,
 	BTRFS_FS_LOG_RECOVERING,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index d94a1ca856aa..de323878e85c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2956,7 +2956,6 @@ void btrfs_init_fs_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 
 	extent_io_tree_init(fs_info, &fs_info->excluded_extents,
 			    IO_TREE_FS_EXCLUDED_EXTENTS, NULL);
-	set_bit(BTRFS_FS_BARRIER, &fs_info->flags);
 
 	mutex_init(&fs_info->ordered_operations_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&fs_info->tree_log_mutex);